[Pil-pc-oceania] values

[David Arnold]

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On 26/07/07, permaculture at apollobay.org.au <permaculture at apollobay.org.au>
wrote:
>
> Had a school community garden group meeting last night (my local school is
> setting up a community garden)... and am a bit worn out... one community
> member was up in arms about the cost of the 2 week PDC course (being $750)
> and the school garden day (being $80).  Although she's heading off on her
> skiing holiday in a week... perhaps I should say it's $10 an hour... I
> explained to her and the group about the costs that I have to cover and
> the
> amount of work involved with preparing this, and that I'm actually having
> to raise the cost of the courses as it's not covering the expenditure.  I
> was then asked why I hadn't got a funding for it!
>
> I realised that all this voluntary work (and acquisition of grants) that
> I've been doing for years has just attributed to the expectation that
> events will be free.  All those organisations such as landcare and
> greening
> australia that get funding and offer events for free, just contribute to
> the perception and expectation that "environmental/ sustainability" events
> & courses are free or incredibly cheap.  It's like how food, water &
> electricity are subsidised... it doesn't reflect the true cost.
>
>
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David Arnold
Permaculture Designer
4446 Murchison Rd
Violet Town VIC AUS 3669
03 5798 1679
arnold.vt at gmail.com
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